Flying-machine.



No. 860,447. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

W. H. 000K.

FLYING MACHINE. Arrmoumx Hmm 1mi. e. 190s.

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No. 860,447. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

' W H. COOK.

FLYING MACHINE. Arrmonlgx FILED 1mm. 190s.

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WILLIAM HARVEY COOK, OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filod llaroh 6, 1906. Serial No. 394,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM HARVEY Coon, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Edmonds, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington,

'have invented a new and ImprovedTFlying-Machine,`

of which the following is a full, clear, andA exact description.

This invention relates to flying machines, the object being to construct a flying machine having an aeroplane capable of raising and vsupporting a car or basket, without the agency of a gas bag or balloon.

The invention consists of the construction and com binations of kparts to be more fully described herein-v after and'particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the flying machine, a portion of the basket /thereof vbeing broken away;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the shaft of I the machine, just above the aeroplane; Fig. 3 is a central vertical section illustrating the construction of the aeroplane together with the cage, 'and means for controlling and operating the machine; Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the vanes of which the aeroplane is composed; Fig. 5 is a plan of the cage or basket, and is a horizontal section taken ori-the line 5-5 of Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a plan of a collar which is attached to the shaft, and constitutes a feature of the -invention.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents a central vertical shaft, near the upper extremity whereof a collar or head 2 is rigidlyrattached; to this head I attach a plurality of radial arms 3 which are preferably disposed an equa-l distance apart as indicated. Upon each of these arms there is constructed a vane 4 as illustrated in Fig. 4; in order to de this I provide a frame for the vanes, which comprises the arm 3, to the' outerl extremity whereof a bow 5 is pivotally attached as shown.V The extremities c this bow 5 are connected by cords or wires 6 with the head 2, and these wires are connected by cross-braces 7 which are connected togaether and to the arms, by a suitable loose sleeve 8 facili tating the rotation of the vanes on the arms 3.

At the extremities of the arms 3, bracket-plates 9 are respectively attached, and these bracket-plates are connected `by guy-wires 10 with a fixed collar 11 carried by the upper extremity of the shaft l, as shown in Fig. 3; in this connection it should be understood that the shaft projects well above the position of the vanes, as indicated. Similar guy-wires 12 are provided, which lead from the lower sides of the brackets 9 to a fixed collar 13 which is carried by the shaft 1 at a suitable point below the vanes.

As shown in Fig. 2, the vanes are arranged so that they overlap at their edges, the arrangement being such that the forward edge of each vane overlaps the rear edge of the vane next in advance, with respect to the direction of rotation, it being understood that rotation takes place upon the axis of the vertical shaft; in this way the vaues 4 unite to form a circular aeroplane 14. The fixed angular arrangement of the arms 3 is maintained by means of cords or tie-wires l5 which are preferably arranged in three sets, as shown, and /extend continuously around the aeroplane so as to form polygons. These ties or tie-wires 15 pass between the overlapping edges of the adjacent vanes, their forward half portions being disposed above the rear half portions of the vanes in advance, while their rear portions are disposed under the forward portions of the vanes to the rear; in this way these ties l5 in no way obstruct the rotary movement of the vanes upon the arms 3.- I provide means for rotating the vanes upon the arms as suggested, so that they may occupy the position in which they are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1;' for this purpose, near the lowerportion of the 'shaft l, I provide a fixed collar 16, the construction of which is clearly shown in Fig. 6. The body of this collar consists of a circular plate, upon the upper side whereof a plurality of pulleys 17 are attachedfthe same being arranged so as to correspond respectively with the varies 4, there being one pulley for each vane. At a suitable distance above this collar 16 I attach a slidable collar 18 which is locked against rotation with respect to the shaft, by means of a suitable key or spline 19; this collar 18 has a body 20 which is substantially a circular disk provided with a plurality of openings 2l which correspond in number and angular position to the vanes 4.

From a point near the rear edges of the vanes 4, cords 22 lead downwardly. and attach to the collar 18 as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3, and from points near the forward edges of the vanes 4, similar cords 23 pass downwardly, and these pass through the`guide-open from so as to run' around the pulleys I7 referred to, whence they pass upwardly and are anchored at points 24 on the collar 18. From this arrangement it should be understood that if the collar 18 is pulled downwardly, the cords 22 will be drawn in upon while slack will be given out to the cords 23. This movement of the cords operates to rotate the vanes into inclinedpositions such as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l; thus the forward edges of the vanes will become elevated, while the rear edges become depressed.

a rigid pulley or sheave 25, and this sheave is suitably incased in a block 26, to the opposite sides whereof,

ings 2l referred to above, and pass downwardly there-` Near its lower extremity, the shaft l is provided with` supporting the block upon the shaft, as will be readily understood. The shaft is rotatable in the block 26.

',The cage 29 preferably comprises an oval frame 32|, from which a plurality of bars 33 support a bottom or floor, 34; between the frame 32 and the bottom, a wall or shell 35 of suitable material is placed, thus inclosing the interior ofthe cage.

On the floor 34 of the cage or basket, a motor 36 is carried, the same being of any suitable type. The shaft 37 of this motor isextended as shown most c learly in Fig. 3, and carries a rigid driving pulley 38; at op posite sides of this driving pulley, links 39 are loosely carried by theshaft and these extend outwardly in an inclined position as shown in Fig. 1, attaching their extremities to similar links 40 which extend upwardly and attach at their upper extremities to the block 26 asv indicated most clearly in Fig. 1. At the joint 41 which connects the links 39 with the links 40, guide pulleys 42 are provided as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and similar guide pulleys 43 are provided at the point of connection between links 40 and the block 26. Near 'tlieguide pulleys 43 (which it will be understood have a horizontal axis of rotation) I provide guide pulleys 44 which are mounted in the block 26 and have a vertical axis of rotation; these guide pulleys 44 are in v substantial alinement with the pulley 25 referred to above as rigidly attached to the shaft 1. Around all of these pulleys passes a driving cord or .rope 45 as indicated very clearly in Fig. 1; in this waythe driving pulley 38 of the motor operates to rotate the shaft 1 through the medium of the pulleys and the rope.

I provide means for raising and lowering the collar 18 for the purpose of controlling the position of `the vanos 4, from the cage or basket; for this purpose I` provide a draw-frame 46 which preferably comprises three vertically-disposed rods 47 which are attached together in any suitable manner and are guided in a vertical direction through the block 26, passing as illustratedY in Fig. 3, through suitable guide openings. 'At a suitable point these rods are provided with offsets or shoulders 49 which arevadapted to engage the upper side of the block to limit the downward movement thereof. At their upper extremities, the arms 47 are bent over to form claws 50 which engage the periphery or edge of the collar 18. From this arrangement, evidently, a person within the basket may raise or lower the collar l18 as desired. l

I further provide a governor 51, illustrated in Fig. 1,

I the purpose ofwhich is to control the opening out of the vanes automatically, thereby tending to close them should the machinetend to rotate at too great a velocity. This governor comprises a collar 52 which is rigidly attached to the shaft and provided with opposii'ely projecting governor arms 53 which incline downward as shown, carrying weights 54.' Erom suitable intermediate points on the arms 53, links 55 extend -the stub-shafts 27 as a tilting axis.

of course, tend to move in the' direction toward which tion,

downwardly and'attach pivotally at their lower extremities to the upper portion of the collar 18.. From Athis arrangement, evidently, if the shaft '1 tends to rotate at too high a velocity the centrifugal force operating on the weights 54 will throw the arms 53 outwardly, andpull the collar 18 upwardly, which will move the vanesfback toward their folded position, in which position they are shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

I prefer to construct the body of the vanes 4 of suitable cloth 56 attachedrto the under side of the frame of the vanes as shown; but in practice, these vanes may be made of light sheet metal if desired. I prefer to con'- struct the vanes so that the arm 3 of each vane does not constitute an axis of symmetry for the vane; in

this way the arm of each vane divides the same into two sections 4 and 4", the section 4n being of a smaller area than the section 4". I arrange the vanes with the smaller sections 4a disposed forwardly, with respect to the direction of rotation, from which arrangement, when the machine is not running the vanes will hold themselves normally in their. closed position by reason of the pressure of the air on the under and rear sides thereof. In this waythe areoplane performs the functions of a parachute as well'as those of a propeller, operating as a propeller when the machine isrising and as a parachute when the machine is floating in the air. This arrangement just referred to is especially desirable because in case of accidentvto the driving gear or vane controlling mechanism the device v quickly transforms itself into a parachute. v

I provide means for directing `the course of the areoplane so that it can make progress across the'sky in a substantially horizontal direction. This is accomplished by holding the shaft in an inclined position. To the forward or rear sides of the block 26 by means of suitable eyes 57 the ends of a cord 58 are attached and the cord passes down in an inclined direction tothe ends of the cage passing around guide pulleys 59,and running along under the bottom of vthe cage as indi'- cated. In the bottom of the cage a windlass 60 is mounted having a drum 61 about which one or more coils of the cord 58 are made as indicated. The drum 60 is provided with a lever62 having alocking mechanism coperating with aA segment 64. By locking this lever in a forward or rearward position the shaft will be moved into an inclined position, moving upon The machine will,

the upper end of `the shaft 1 inclines.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. In a machine of the class described, in combination,v

an aeroplane having a plurality of varies with axes of, rotato said vanes on the rear sides of said axes of rotation, other cords attached toward the forward edges ofv said vanes, a slidable collar on said shaft attached te said rst cords, said collar ador-ding means for guiding said other cords therethrough, and a fixed collar on said shaft having means for guiding said other cords.

2. In a machine of the class described, in combination, an aeroplane having aplurallty of vanes with axes of rotation, a shaft depending from said aeroplane, a sliding collar mounted on said shaft, aset of cords connecting said sliding collar with said vanes on one side of the axes thereof, a second set of cords attached to said vanes on the opposite side of thenxes thereof, said sliding collar having a shaft depending from said aeroplane, cords attached neans for`gulding said second set of cords therethrough, a for rotating said shaft, and a governor carried by said 10 fixed collar on said shaft adjacent to said rst collar, havshaft, and means for connecting said governor with said ing guiding means for said second set of cords, said second vanes to control the position thereof. set of cords being attached a`t their extremities to said In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this first collar, and means for actuating said sliding collar to specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses* control said cords. WILLIAM HARVEY CUOK.

v3. In a machine of the class described, an aeroplane Witnesses: comprising a plurality of vanes having axes of rotation, a J. N. O'r'ro, depending central shaft supported by said aeroplane, meansl L. C. ENGEL. 

